I went to law school for three years, graduated, passed the bar exam (in two states), and have practiced business litigation for about 15 years....

You have an attorney. Ask him/her. We don't know anything about your case, about the prosecution, about your defenses, etc.

Can the owner challenge your work after a year? Yes. Will he win? I don't know. You should get an attorney involved.

My guess is that the merchant has just checked this off as being "done" since they reached the settlement with you, and now it's just not something...

I don't think there is much that you can do about this incident. The one thing I think you should check into is whether the school correctly...

I'm not sure that this will come up in future criminal records checks. An accusation, without further follow-up, is legally nothing more than a...

You are a minor. Your father makes the rules. That's more important than what any law says. I also agree with the prior answer that it's a bad...

I'm not going to say that the police can or cannot do anything. If they do it, then they can, and if they don't, then it means they chose not to....

Do you know that you left the detergent in the car and the driver kept it? Have you spoken to her and asked for her to return it? You don't say...

CAN the school counselor talk to your daughter? Yes. (They are concerned for her well-being. Don't you want that?)